International Marxist Tendency
International Marxist Tendency | |
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| Abbreviation | IMT |
| Leader | Alan Woods |
| Founder | Ted Grant |
| Founded | 1992 (as Committee for a Marxist International) |
| Split from | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
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The International Marxist Tendency (IMT) is a Trotskyist political international founded by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after they broke with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992. The organization's website, Marxist.com or In Defence of Marxism, is edited by Alan Woods. The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as many historical and theoretical articles.
The IMT has announced it will relaunch itself as the Revolutionary Communist International at its World School of Communism in June 2024.[1]
History[edit]
Militant (also known as the Militant tendency) was an entryist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was founded in 1964. In 1974, Militant and its allies in Sweden, Ireland, and other countries formed the Committee for a Workers' International. The organisation gained more members during the 1970s and early 1980s and dominated the Labour Party in Liverpool. It became the largest Trotskyist group in Europe. In 1983, the five members of the Militant newspaper's editorial board were expelled for contravening the Labour Party constitution and expulsions of Militant members continued throughout the rest of the decade.[2][3][4]
Ted Grant was a longtime leader of Militant until it split in early 1992 over a number of issues and he was expelled But he and his supporters were expelled from the tendency and formed Socialist Appeal in Britain.[5]
At its World Congress in 2004, the organisation was renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT).[6]
Sections of the IMT[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International". In Defence of Marxism. International Marxist Tendency. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ↑ "Who, What, Why: What was Militant?". BBC News. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ Wintour, Patrick (16 July 2014). "Labour Picks Fight With Militant Tendency". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kinnock Moves Against Militant". BBC News. 27 November 1985. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ Wade, Bob (27 July 2006). "Obituary: Ted Grant". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Conference of the international Marxist tendency: An historic meeting". In Defence of Marxism. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ↑ "Montreal Marxist Winter School 2024: The Revolutionary Communist Party has arrived!".
- ↑ Vásquez, Paola (25 September 2020). "Venezuela: faced with the attacks against the Popular Revolutionary Alternative – class and revolutionary solidarity!". Marxist.com. In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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